{"id":334,"date":"2017-11-19T17:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessearlyyears\/?page_id=334"},"modified":"2021-03-22T13:11:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T13:11:44","slug":"our-ambition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessearlyyears\/our-ambition\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Ambition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Staff Pedagogy in Whiteness Early Learning and Childcare (ELC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first few years of life are especially important for children to develop skills that will help and support them for their lifetime. Young children learn best through play, supported by sensitive and engaged adults. At Whiteness Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) children\u2019s learning is fostered through developmentally appropriate child initiated, play based experiences. We aim to ensure we provide high quality learning through carefully planned outdoor and indoor experiences to link with the children\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n

Scotland has the ambition[1]<\/a> to be the best place in the world to grow up. In the Early Years at Whiteness we aim to provide children with a welcoming, stimulating and homely environment which has a team of reflective practitioners who support and nurture each child as unique individuals. Through playing and talking together with our children we are able to build positive relationships to support each learner\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n

The Scottish National Strategy for Play[2]<\/a> defines play as \u201cfreely chosen, personally directed and intrinsically motivated\u201d.<\/em> We strive to provide a wide variety of learning experiences with open-ended, natural and messy play resources which provide the opportunity for curiosity, inquiry and creativity. You may find that most of our craft activities might not have a recognisable \u2018art\u2019 product, this is because as a team we value the process of children\u2019s learning, rather than the end product. The child may have a story to tell about their \u2018work\u2019. These experiences encourage the children to explore, investigate, wonder, think, problem solve, use their imagination, experience risky play and develop rich experiences in their emergent literacy, language, numeracy and mathematics skills.<\/p>\n

We value that learning takes place everywhere, especially outwith the setting. We grow strong partnerships with our families and communities to support our children to make connections between their learning within the Early Years setting and their learning within their wider environment. Some of the ways this is implemented is by having strong links with our sharing of learning in the Learning Stories and through our Early Years blog. We aim to provide ongoing transition opportunities which support the children\u2019s progression through the Early Level as we develop strong links with the P1 teacher.<\/p>\n

If you are visiting or attending Whiteness Early Years please ensure you bring weather appropriate clothes as we take our learning outdoors daily, whatever the weather!<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a>\u00a0Building the Ambition<\/a><\/p>\n

[2]<\/a>\u00a0Play Strategy<\/a><\/p>\n

Outdoor learning is at the heart of what we do!\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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